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Let your resume speak for you’ was considered the
key mantra for job-seekers a few decades back, but in the era of
e-recruitment what can actually give a candidate an edge is a
‘talking resume’ or ‘video resume’.
Considering the popularity of such multimedia-based
CVs in the US and UK, an Indian jobsite recently launched a free
video resume uploading service, the first such service in the
domestic market. And now another jobsite is measuring the prospects
of this concept and may also soon introduce a similar service.
A video resume, which essentially means presentation
of an applicant's details and credentials through various media like
video and audio, might not revolutionise the online recruitment in
the country, but experts foresee that it is capable of easing out
the preliminary selection process. “The concept of video resume is
here to stay,” believes monsterindia.com's Vice-President Products
and Technology Vikas Aggarwal.
Monsterindia.com is the first to launch video
resume.
According to the Internet and Mobile Association of
India (IAMAI), the online recruitment market has leaped to Rs 240
crore in 2006-07 from Rs 145 crore in 2005-06. Interestingly, it is
now a myth that only e-recruitment serves the purpose of a handful
in India. Job search is one of the top five key online activities
that Indians do online (Email, Surfing, Chatting, Search and Job
Search).
The concept of “talking CVs” is new to India,
but it is an innovative way that will benefit both the job-seeker
and recruiter, he says ,adding that it is the best time to tap on
the potential of the technology.
But CEO naukri.com Sanjeev Bikhchandani does not
view preparing a sleek video resume as a cakewalk; the resume should
be very fine for that some professional knowhow is a must.
Bikhchandani feels that a video resume cannot become a mainstream
recruitment search option, but definitely provides great opportunity
to the e-recruitment business.
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